We are all like clay, but who or what is forming us? Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, reminds us to pay attention to what shapes us in this week's One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, March 3, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2GVbYsI
Grief, Relationality, and Animals: A Call to Bother to Love
Grief at the death of animals reveals a moral obligation we too often ignore. Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ argues that if we dare to feel this grief, it becomes a call to love them as fellow creatures of God.
Unstoppable Grace: Sacraments and Sinful Ministers
Reflecting on his current studies in theology, Josh reflects on how a hundreds-year-old debate on the sacraments touched his own life and brought him healing.
Atomic Pilgrim: A Book Review
In his forthcoming memoir Atomic Pilgrim, James Patrick Thomas recounts his cross-continental pilgrimage from Washington State to the Holy Land and his later activism back home. Writing for The Jesuit Post, Luke Lapean, SJ reflects on how the memoir provocatively asks whether true success in the struggle for change lies in measurable outcomes or in the quiet, interior transformation of the one who walks the road.
Worth Reading: The Transparent Pope Francis
Why pay attention to a conversation between Pope Francis and the superiors of religious orders? Because it shows us a transparent Church.
#tbt – Compare and Despair
Wondering about that seemingly perfect coworker? Vinny Marchionni, SJ reminds himself that the ice isn’t always colder on the other side of the rink.
TJPodcast: Happy New Year… Now Pick Your Poison!
If you never stick to your New Year’s resolutions… make ’em anyway, says Martin Ngo!
Tom Osborne is Tom Osborne
Thirty years ago the legendary Nebraska football coach went for two.
TJPodcast: Kindling a Christmas Fire
In this Christmas TJPodcast, Garrett Gundlach talks about bonfires, Messiahs, and other varieties of non-electric light!
Cook as Mom Cooks. Love as Mom Loves.
With his mom in the hospital, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ steps in to help cook for the family and finds himself at the center of a cycle of care.